BSI PAS accreditation

A Publicly Available Specification (PAS) is a document that standardises elements of a product, service or process. BSI were commissioned as part of the Alliance work to produce a PAS – PAS 1616:2016 Healthcare – Provision of clinical services – Specification for clinical services.

The PAS can be used to help clinical services achieve their potential more quickly and to enhance or increase collaboration. It can also:

• Provide clarity to clinical service users about what they can expect from a clinical service
• Enable a clinical service to continually self-assess and improve
• Enable service and systems planners and funders to commission on condition of adhere to the PAS’s requirements
• Help demonstrate compliance, increase the effectiveness of regulation and potentially reduce the regulatory burden.

What does the PAS cover?

PAS 1616 is for use by any clinical service that provides treatment and/or care to clinical service users. It specifies requirements for the provision of clinical services and covers aspects of this provision, including:

Gaining access to this resource

If you currently subscribe to British Standards Online (BSOL) and have the Sciences and Healthcare module (GBM 05), then this document has already been added to your collection and you can access the PAS free of charge. Please go to the BSOL home page and enter your log in details as usual.

The Alliance has been able to secure a limited number of free copies of the PAS for NHS providers who are interested in and committed to self-assessment of and improvement of their clinical service. If you would like to be considered for one of these free copies, please complete the short questionnaire available here.